1. "What do you really want to get out of life?" 2. "What can you offer the world that no one else can?

Often when we ask for advice, we don't really want advice-we want someone to say "That's great! Go for it!"

Some people think self-employment is risky, but the real risk lies in deriving your security from an external source.

I know if I missed a day and nothing happened, then it would be much easier to miss another day. Pretty soon I wouldn’t have much of a schedule, and then I'd have less motivation. It's a downward spiral that I want to avoid, so I keep the schedule sacred.

Without the edge, [life's] boring...If you're doing something that's definitely achievable with 100% odds of success, where's the draw in that?

You don’t have to live your life the way other people expect you to.

It's a lonely road for those of us who choose to be remarkable, and the path of convention can sometimes be appealing. That path is paved with safe lives, middle of the road monotony, and little chance of failure. But where's the fun in being like everyone else out there?